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Earth-211. It all started in 1989. That year, on the same day, 43 women delivered healthy babies... despite none of them having exhibited signs of pregnancy until labor began. Most of the children were abandoned or put up for adoption. Seven of the lucky ones were adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves, noted scientist, inventor, explorer, adventurer, and unknown to anyone on Earth, a space alien disguised as a human. Raising them as his own children, Reginald trained the seven to control their unique powers and abilities as they emerged. On their tenth birthday, Reginald revealed his dream to his children; for them to become a team to protect the world from danger. On that day was born the Umbrella Academy, a school for people with special powers to learn to use them for the betterment of mankind. Now, eighteen years later, the inaugural class of the Umbrella Academy carry on their father's dream, protecting the world and finding other metahumans like themselves.

Kraken: Diego is, by his OWN admission, rather untalented in comparison to his siblings. All he can do is go without breathing as long as he wants. To make up for this, Reginald left Diego under the tutelage of his adventuring companion and personal bodyguard, Abhijat. A trained Rajput warrior, Abhijat spent years honing Diego's body into a perfect fighting machine, training him in over 15 different martial arts and also in the art of the blade. Now a skilled swordfighter, as well as a knife thrower and juggler, Diego is a truly dangerous combatant, actually able to use his sheer will to make his thrown blades CURVE in mid-air to strike his targets.

Rumor: Allison has the power to alter reality simply by LYING. She most frequently uses this skill to modify an opponent's behavior, making enemies surrender to turn against each other. Discovering a love for acting at a young age, Allison is now a famous actress. (She admits to having used her powers to bypass Hollywood's red tape by convincing directors to give her good parts early on... as well as causing some leading men and producers who wouldn't take "no" for an answer to leave her alone.) She has recently returned to the team after discovering her daughter, Claire, has developed powers of her own. The little girl couldn't be happier to spend more time with her aunt and uncles and dreams of being part of her mom's team one day.

Horror: Ben is something of the unofficial middle child of the Hargreeves family, having been somewhat screwed up as a kid, terrified of his own powers to summon monsters from another dimension through his abdomen... not that it wasn't an understandable fear. Reginald spent many weeks helping Ben exercise his control of his powers through meditation techniques, helping him learn to summon the creatures he needed on command. He keeps several of his smaller "pets" hidden under his cape in the field, ready to strike in surprise.

Spaceman: Leader of the team, Luther is superhumanly strong and nearly invulnerable. A mission to Mars to rescue a stranded astronaut team went horribly wrong and left Luther on the verge of death. Reginald, desperate to save his son, used an experimental serum of his invention to heal Luther's wounds... unfortunately, it caused his body from the shoulders down to transform into the body of a gorilla. Once he got over the shock, Luther was actually ok with the change, as his already formidable strength had increased ten times over. Because gorillas do not have the full dexterity of a human, Reginald was forced to surgically replace Luther's joints with prostheses made from alien technology.

Jumper: Joe has the power to teleport himself through time and space at will, which has seemingly stopped his aging process, leaving him stuck as a twelve year old boy. For a time, Joe was bitter as he watched his brothers and sisters grow up and find lives of their own outside their father's mansion, while he stayed the same. Finally, after having spent two weeks trapped in the Mesozoic Era, he apologized to his family, though they assured him they didn't hold anything he'd said or done against him.

Séance: Klaus is something of the Hargreeves family's resident free spirit, but having psychic powers can do that to a person. A highly skilled telepath and telekinetic, Klaus' greatest power, and the reason for his codename, is the ability to summon the spirits of the dead to the material plane to talk to them. Because the spirits are little more than ghosts and cannot touch anything on our plane of existence without Klaus severely exhausting himself through concentration, Reginald suggested an alternate strategy to the young boy. For the next several years, Klaus would spend hours each day summoning the spirits of the greatest strategists, warriors, weaponmasters and thinkers in history, learning everything they had to teach him. In his down time, Klaus can be found in his room, working on his latest piece of art under the direction of one of the great masters of the Renaissance... or maybe just Bob Ross.

The White Violin: Vanya is arguably the most powerful member of the team, able to release devastating waves of force energy. To help her control this power, Reginald had her take up music, particularly the violin, at which she showed a true talent. Now, Vanya is the first chair violinist of the Boston symphony orchestra, and has recently become a published author, having written a best-selling autobiography detailing her and her siblings' childhoods.

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Earth-211. It all started in 1989. That year, on the same day, 43 women delivered healthy babies... despite none of them having exhibited signs of pregnancy until labor began. Most of the children were abandoned or put up for adoption. Seven of the lucky ones were adopted by Sir Reginald Hargreeves, noted scientist, inventor, explorer, adventurer, and unknown to anyone on Earth, a space alien disguised as a human. Raising them as his own children, Reginald trained the seven to control their unique powers and abilities as they emerged. On their tenth birthday, Reginald revealed his dream to his children; for them to become a team to protect the world from danger. On that day was born the Umbrella Academy, a school for people with special powers to learn to use them for the betterment of mankind. Now, eighteen years later, the inaugural class of the Umbrella Academy carry on their father's dream, protecting the world and finding other metahumans like themselves.

Kraken: Diego is, by his OWN admission, rather untalented in comparison to his siblings. All he can do is go without breathing as long as he wants. To make up for this, Reginald left Diego under the tutelage of his adventuring companion and personal bodyguard, Abhijat. A trained Rajput warrior, Abhijat spent years honing Diego's body into a perfect fighting machine, training him in over 15 different martial arts and also in the art of the blade. Now a skilled swordfighter, as well as a knife thrower and juggler, Diego is a truly dangerous combatant, actually able to use his sheer will to make his thrown blades CURVE in mid-air to strike his targets.

Rumor: Allison has the power to alter reality simply by LYING. She most frequently uses this skill to modify an opponent's behavior, making enemies surrender to turn against each other. Discovering a love for acting at a young age, Allison is now a famous actress. (She admits to having used her powers to bypass Hollywood's red tape by convincing directors to give her good parts early on... as well as causing some leading men and producers who wouldn't take "no" for an answer to leave her alone.) She has recently returned to the team after discovering her daughter, Claire, has developed powers of her own. The little girl couldn't be happier to spend more time with her aunt and uncles and dreams of being part of her mom's team one day.

Horror: Ben is something of the unofficial middle child of the Hargreeves family, having been somewhat screwed up as a kid, terrified of his own powers to summon monsters from another dimension through his abdomen... not that it wasn't an understandable fear. Reginald spent many weeks helping Ben exercise his control of his powers through meditation techniques, helping him learn to summon the creatures he needed on command. He keeps several of his smaller "pets" hidden under his cape in the field, ready to strike in surprise.

Spaceman: Leader of the team, Luther is superhumanly strong and nearly invulnerable. A mission to Mars to rescue a stranded astronaut team went horribly wrong and left Luther on the verge of death. Reginald, desperate to save his son, used an experimental serum of his invention to heal Luther's wounds... unfortunately, it caused his body from the shoulders down to transform into the body of a gorilla. Once he got over the shock, Luther was actually ok with the change, as his already formidable strength had increased ten times over. Because gorillas do not have the full dexterity of a human, Reginald was forced to surgically replace Luther's joints with prostheses made from alien technology.

Jumper: Joe has the power to teleport himself through time and space at will, which has seemingly stopped his aging process, leaving him stuck as a twelve year old boy. For a time, Joe was bitter as he watched his brothers and sisters grow up and find lives of their own outside their father's mansion, while he stayed the same. Finally, after having spent two weeks trapped in the Mesozoic Era, he apologized to his family, though they assured him they didn't hold anything he'd said or done against him.

Séance: Klaus is something of the Hargreeves family's resident free spirit, but having psychic powers can do that to a person. A highly skilled telepath and telekinetic, Klaus' greatest power, and the reason for his codename, is the ability to summon the spirits of the dead to the material plane to talk to them. Because the spirits are little more than ghosts and cannot touch anything on our plane of existence without Klaus severely exhausting himself through concentration, Reginald suggested an alternate strategy to the young boy. For the next several years, Klaus would spend hours each day summoning the spirits of the greatest strategists, warriors, weaponmasters and thinkers in history, learning everything they had to teach him. In his down time, Klaus can be found in his room, working on his latest piece of art under the direction of one of the great masters of the Renaissance... or maybe just Bob Ross.

The White Violin: Vanya is arguably the most powerful member of the team, able to release devastating waves of force energy. To help her control this power, Reginald had her take up music, particularly the violin, at which she showed a true talent. Now, Vanya is the first chair violinist of the Boston symphony orchestra, and has recently become a published author, having written a best-selling autobiography detailing her and her siblings' childhoods.